PGY-1

PGY-1

Postgraduate yr 1 The first–second yr is PGY-2 and so on–yr of post-graduate medical education, which usually corresponds to an internship or a residency, in a formal training program in a teaching institution. See Graduate medical education, Residency.

postgraduate year one

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PGY-1

The first year of graduate training after completion of the formal 4 yr of medical school. Previously, this year was known as the internship year. Similarly, PGY-2 and PGY-3 are the abbreviations for postgraduate year two and three.